[Stoat]

"The fact of the matter is, there's still a hole in the ground," said Dan Forman, senior vice president of news at Channel 4, which is carrying the entire ceremony. "The healing is not complete. It strikes a chord in the community."

It won't change after the "hole in the ground" is filled you idiot....it strikes a chord with all of America and with much of the world, not just "the community"..  And it will continue to do so long after the Global War On Terror is won, despite the efforts of you morons in the media to pander to those who never cared to begin with.

They don't get it, they never have, and they never will.

[Darkwolf377]

"The fact of the matter is, there's still a hole in the ground,"

Well, yeah, but aside from an attempt to say something "notable" that really doesn't contribute much, Dan.

[donna]

the most emotional part - the reading of the names of the victims

I have never understood the point in reading that many names. God knows their names and so do their loved ones.

[Recovering_Democrat]

09/11 doesn’t matter to the LameStream Media anymore. Now look, if it would be accompanied by a huge “Bush’s Fault” rally, they might cover it. But remembering the victims and our men and women at war right now? Fuggetaboutit.

[ReignOfError]

Sorry, but I can't work up strong feelings over this. Te ceremony will still be carried in its entirety on four over-the-air TV channels. On cable, I'm sure one of the C-SPANs will air it in its entirety, as will the city's official channel, and possibly NY-1. Not to mention more Web sites than you can shake a stick at.

[rlmorel]

This bears repeating over and over and over.

Daryl Worley's
"Have You Forgotten?"

I hear people sayin'. We Don't need this war.
I say there's some things worth fightin' for.
What about our freedom, and this piece of ground?
We didn't get to keep 'em by backin' down.
They say we don't realize the mess we're gettin' in
Before you start preachin' let me ask you this my friend.

Chorus
Have you forgotten, how it felt that day?
To see your homeland under fire
And her people blown away
Have you forgotten, when those towers fell
We had neighbors still inside goin through a livin hell
And you say we shouldn't worry bout Bin Laden
Have you forgotten?

You took all the footage off my T.V.
Said it's too disturbin for you and me
It'll just breed anger is what the experts say
If it was up to me I'd show it everyday
Some say this country just out lookin' for a fight
Well after 9/11 man I'd have to say you're right.

Chorus
Have you forgotten, how it felt that day?
To see your homeland under fire
And her people blown away
Have you forgotten when those towers fell
We had neighbors still inside goin' through a livin' hell
And we vow to get the ones behind Bin Laden
Have you forgotten?

I've been there with the soldiers
Who've gone away to war
you can bet they remember just what they're fightin' for

Have you forgotten
All the people killed
Yes some went down like heroes
In that Pennsylvania field
Have you forgotten
About our Pentagon
All the loved ones that we lost
And those left to carry on
Don't you tell me not to worry 'bout Bin Laden

Have you forgotten?

Have you forgotten?

Have you forgotten?!

[Nahanni]

Of course the MSM wants to bury what happened on 9/11. It is not very conducive to getting Hillary elected President if people are reminded that there are Islamofascists who's greatest desire is to kill everyone in this country because we exist. It also doesn't help to remind people that the Clinton White House did more to facilitate the rise of Islamofascism and Al Qaida then just about anyone else outside of Jimmy Carter.

[Stoat]

UPDATE

Station changes course under pressure from families

Breaking News

WABC Channel 7 will air entire 9/11 ceremony

 

Station changes course under pressure from families

 

By RICHARD HUFF
DAILY NEWS TV EDITOR

Friday, September 7th 2007, 11:05 AM

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WABC/Ch. 7 has caved into pressure from families of 9/11 victims and will carry the entire Sept. 11 name-reading ceremony from lower Manhattan next Tuesday.

The change came after the Daily News reported the station's decision to shift live coverage to its digital cable channel and the internet, sparking outrage from victims' loved ones.

"I made some calls, I spoke to families, we got some emails," Ch. 7 news director Kenny Plotnik told The  News today.

"The real issue, there is really a terrible misunderstanding with digital channels. There seems to be a situation where people don't understand the concept of digital channels."

Most of the families Plotnik spoke to said they couldn't get the digital channel, and argued that if they couldn't see the full coverage on Ch. 7, they wouldn't get it. The top-rated station in New York had initially intended to switch to "Live with Regis & Kelly," "Rachael Ray" and "The View" when every other channel would be carrying the ceremony.

Backing off the hours-long name-reading ceremony is something that was discussed by news directors in town after the fifth anniversary of 9/11, but only Ch. 7 decided to take the step.

The station figured regular fare on the broadcast channel would be an alternative, while also serving those who wanted the coverage with the digital channel. But, many folks do not know the digital outlet exisits - it's on many local cable services including Time Warner and Comcast. Others said they didn't want to watch the ceremony on the computer.

"People were upset and confused," Plotnik told the News. "They were upset. It was upset and confusion. There wasn't any anger."

Plotnik said there would be other opportunities to use the digital channel down the road, but the 9/11 ceremony was not the time to test it. The station alerted viewers to the latest change today.

"We were trying to service everybody and give every body what they wanted," he said.

The Ground Zero ceremony gets underway at 8:25 a.m. Tuesday and all local stations are planning to go live with the full ceremony.